[Bug 1873545] [NEW] Permission denied error from show-motd when updates available

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motd on demo of 20.04:

Welcome to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.19.84-microsoft-standard
x86_64)

....

26 updates can be installed immediately.
0 of these updates are security updates.
To see these additional updates run: apt list --upgradable

/usr/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/release-upgrade-motd: 31: cannot create
/var/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/release-upgrade-available: Permission
denied

** Affects: ubuntuwsl
     Importance: High
     Assignee: Patrick Wu (callmepk)
         Status: In Progress

** Affects: update-motd
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: In Progress

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed

** Affects: update-motd (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed


** Tags: patch rls-gg-incoming
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Permission denied error from show-motd when updates available
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1873545
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